Reorganizing bedroom drawers - pulling out some of the heavier winter clothes, narrowing it down to turtlenecks without the heavy sweaters. It's not spring here yet, but I'm doing my best to bring it on!!

"Today is the first day of the rest of my life, and I know God goes with me each step of the way. With Him, nothing is impossible."

KMF -- you are such a good cheerleader for us! I see you've started in the office.

My 10 minute tidy was when I got home today -- I put away the multiple pairs of shoes, pants, sweaters, necklaces etc I had pulled out to try to put myself together for a monthly lunch meeting with friends.

PATTY - So true!!!! It's amazing how it happens and how quickly it happens. Isn't that like the Second Law of Thermodynamics? (wow Physics was a long time ago, but even way back then, it made an impression on me!)

Patty -- isn't that weird how things seem to get dirty and disorganized -- all on their own? It's a mystery.

Our new granite counter top bar (that I promised myself would never again be a clutter magnet) seems to be full of junk mail, old VHS tapes, and a few other odds and ends. I am heading in now to do a 10 minute tidy on that very spot.

Wow, Jayne! what a thing to have happen! Glad you were able to sleep in your bedroom last night.

10 minutes today cleaning the top of an antique music cabinet in my bedroom. It's where I keep some of my jewelry, but things tend to pile up there -- earrings get mixed up etc. It's only for jewelry I can't easily store in my drawer where I keep the rest of it but sometimes when I get in I just throw everything there.

So...my 10 minute tidy today was actually a major undertaking. But I can sleep in my bedroom tonight and shower in my own bathroom tomorrow. Some background...I had a major water leak, which resulted in the ceiling falling in in my bedroom right before I left on vacation in the middle of December. The leak was fixed before I left, but the repairs to the bedroom and bathroom were done while I was gone. My bedroom isn't completely finished, but it's finished enough to sleep in there. And now that it's clean, I can!

...it's the little things...

Jayne

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has NO POINT! - unknown

There is no growth in the Comfort Zone, and NO comfort in the Growth Zone

10 minutes in the hall closet pulling out craft items for the kids class I'm teaching tomorrow. I take the childrens SS craft in a bag with all the supplies we need....then have to admit -- sometimes don't put the supplies up where they go...just stick the bags with everything in them in the closet. Finally found that fine jute after going through 4 bags and putting up supplies. We're making shell necklaces tomorrow.

10 minutes in "my" computer room. It is also the plant room (where we have potted plants during the winter - 43 pots last time I counted), spin bike room, craft room, and seems to be DH's music room where he keeps his guitars and sheet music.

It was errand day in town (I take my Mom and assist her), so while I was waiting at her podiatrist appt, I went completely through my purse and put outdated coupons, trash etc in a plastic bag to throw away. Took duplicates out of my little cosmetic bag. It actually took about 10 minutes and then I worked on a sudoku.

Love the way a new color of paint changes and freshens a room! It is a lot of prep work, but so nice to finally be putting the paint on the walls. Our den is the next room to be done -- I have an experimental color on one wall that I like, and have finished it off to make it look intentional so we can live with it awhile while deciding if we will "bump" the room out a bit when funds permit.

10 minutes today on my desk in the living room -- a few things need to be done before the roll-top can be closed.

oh, I know what you mean about the color. What we go through to be beautiful, LOL!!!

Ultimately, my plan is to paint every room in the house but one - that's a lot of prep work, but it's got to be done! I can only do a little at a time, because I can't afford to buy all the paint at once! My plan is to start painting in my bedroom, the least amount of prep, but to start the prep in the kitchen - the most to do, also the hardest. Well, actually the bathroom will be next to impossible - involving regrouting tiles and finding replacements for broken ones.

But TODAY's 10 minutes will be spent sweeping and mopping the basement floor - at least the laundry room.

Yes -- 10 minutes was not enough on the pasta cupboard. 10 more minutes today while I've got the color on my hair (sure do dislike process of putting color on, but love the result after the gray is covered).

10 minutes on the cabinet that holds pasta, cooking oils, vinegars, rice, assorted spice mixes and who knows what else. It's gotten out of control. I won't be able to get it all done, but there are several things in there that I know I'll probably never use.

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